Chart Our Future City of Lake Forest Parks & Recreation Master Plan | Page 68

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Distribution
Planning Area
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Planning areas are used to analyze park distribution, land acquisition, and park facility
Lake Forest Open Lands
redevelopment needs. Planning areas are delineated by major pedestrian barriers, including
Forest Preserve/Natural Areas
Golf Course
major roads or highways, railroad corridors, and impassible natural features.
Methodology Finally, overlaying service area maps
Planning Area
reveal which areas are most and least
Populations
served by the existing park system.
The most served areas are illustrated PA*
Total
Population
by the dark orange, while the least
served areas are illustrated by the lack 1
242
of orange. The orange service area
2
2,155
buffers overlap to form a gradient
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2,750
that illustrates the degree to which
residents are served. The darker the
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5,562
orange, the better these residents
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1,216
are served. Residents who fall within
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950
the darker or opaque orange areas
are served by multiple parks and
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2,925
their amenities. Population for each
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2,235
planning and service area further
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1,232
informed the level of service analysis.
*Planning
Half Area
Day Rd
(PA)
The table on page 57 notes the various recommended
service area distances for Mini, Neighborhood, and
Community Parks. Natural Areas, Special Use Sites,
Undeveloped Sites, and School parks are not included in
this analysis.
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CITY OF LAKE FOREST PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN
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Additional Pedestrian Access
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1, Buena Park
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2, Deerpath
3, Deerpath Golf Course
4, Elawa Farm
5, Elawa Park
6, Everett Park
7, Forest Park
8, Forest Park Beach
9, Franklin Park
10, McCormick Nature Preserve
11, Meadowood Park
12, Northcroft Park
A service area, illustrated in the following maps with an
orange halo, was created around each individual park. The
shape of each service area is determined by analyzing the
existing road and sidewalk infrastructure to identify the
actual route and distance one has to travel to access the
park. The size of the service area is dependent upon the
park classification and is either a quarter-, half-, or one-
mile.
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Service area buffers for Mini and Neighborhood Parks
were truncated to the planning area boundaries in
which the park is located. Planning Area boundaries are
considered barriers to safe or comfortable pedestrian
access, and Mini and Neighborhood Parks are considered
walk-to (walkable) destinations. For Community Parks, the
boundaries were not truncated because these parks
are Rte 60
W State
seen as drive-to destinations.
School
The location and geographic distribution of the parks
themselves can offer an indication of how well an agency
is serving its residents. By understanding where parks are
located in relation to residential development determines
who is underserved. This analysis may reveal the need
for acquisition to expand service or may reveal that the
Department is serving the residents well and should focus
on maintaining or updating existing assets.
In the City of Lake Forest, arterial roads and railroads serve
as the main pedestrian barriers. These pedestrian barriers
resulted in nine planning areas
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13, Ringwood Park
14, South Park
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15, Tollway Park
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16, Townline Community Park
17, Triangle Park
18, Waveland Park
19, West Park
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